Necktie-fastener



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A. LARSON.

NEGKTIE' PASTENER.

No. 371,079; Patented Oct. 4, 1887.

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AUGUST LARSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTI E-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,079, dated October 4, 1887.

Application filed February 14, 1887. Seral No. 227,613.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, AUGUST LARSON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of HM- nois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved necktie-fastener, and has for an object to provide a simple construction by which the necktie may be easily applied and then looked in place; to which ends the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts constituting a necktie-fastener, all as will be described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a detail view of the main plate before being bent. Fig. 2is a detail perspective view of the locking-plate. Fig. 3 is a View of the fastener complete, the

parts being shown in unlocked position; and

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the device locked.

The main plate A, to which the tie is attached in any suitable manner, has a buttonhole or opening, a, fitted to permit the passage of the collar-button. It also has slits or openings 1 l on opposite sides of the buttonhole. At its lower edge the plate has an extension, B, formed with tongues 12, the ends of which are passed through slits 1, and are slitted at 2, in order that after being passed through said slits 1 the portions 3 of said tongues may be bent one up and the other down, as shown in dotted lines, Figs. 3 and 4, to secure the bent portion in position to serve as a guide or keeper for the locking-plate.

The locking-plate C is provided with stop portions D, formed, preferably, by bending the edges of said plates, as shown in Fig. 2. This lockingplate is movable across the buttonhole or opening a in the main plate, and it is formed, preferably, with a notch, E, which is movable into register with the opening a in the main plate to permit the passage of the collar-button. When the main plate is as shown in Fig. 1, the locking-plate may be placed thereon, and the extension be bent up over the locking-plate and have its tongues passed through the slits 1 and secured, thus securing the locking-plate. When the look (No model.)

the main plate in position to rise in rear of the locking-plate when such plate is in the adjustment shown in Fig. 4 and secure the locking-plate in such position until it is desired to release the same.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new is 1. A necktie-fastener, substantially as hereinbefore described, consisting of the main plate having a button-hole, and the lockingplate niovably connected with said main plate, having one of its side edges arranged in a line intersecting the button, and provided in said edge with a notch movable into and out of register with the button-hole, substantially as set forth.

2. A plate A, having button-hole a and slits 1 1, and provided with an extension, B, having tongues b projected through said slits 1, combined with the locking-plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In a necktie-fastener, the combination of the main plate having a button-hole and a stop, F, and the locking-plate held to the main plate and movable across a portion of the button-hole thereof, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved necktie-fastener herein described, consisting of the main plate A, having opening a. and slits 1 1, and provided with portion B, having tongues b, slitted at 2 and projected through slits 1, and the lockingplate having stop portions D, and all being arranged substantially as set forth.

AUGUST LARSON.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM K. LOWREY, D. B. TURNER. 

